What is the correlation between happiness and a well-run country?

Indicators: economic growth, development, inequality, democracy and corruption Period: Most recent year with recorded data (2023)

Page 1: Happiness [text box: what is happiness and how it is scored] [map of the world, colored by happiness score] [table of top 5 and bottom 5 countries]

Page 2: Happiness x Economy [text box of intro] [scatter plot of happiness x GDP/capita in 2023] [bar plot of GDP/capita of top 5 and bottom 5 happiness countries in 2023 - not always correlated so we can investigate further] [text box of summary]

Page 3: Happiness x Society [text box of intro] [scatter plot of happiness x inequality scores in 2023] [scatter plot of happiness x development] [text box of summary]

Page 4: Happiness x Politics [text box of intro] [scatter plot of happiness x corruption score] [text box of summary]

hapiscore_whr.csv (2023) description: This is the national average response to the question of life evaluations asking the following “Please imagine a ladder, with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?” This measure is also referred to as Cantril life ladder. Gapminder has converted this indicator’s scale from 0 to 100 to easly communicate it in terms of percentage.

gdppercapita_us_inflation_adjusted.csv (2024) description: GDP per capita is gross domestic product divided by midyear population. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in constant 2010 U.S. dollars.

hdi_human_development_index.csv (2023) description: Human Development Index is an index used to rank countries by level of “human development”. It contains three dimensions: health level, educational level and living standard.

gini.csv (2050) description: Gini shows income inequality in a society. A higher number means more inequality.

corruption_perception_index_cpi.csv (2023) description: This index ranks countries/territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. The Corruption Perception Index by TI is the most widely used indicator of corruption worldwide. It’s scaled on a range of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.

country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
0 Afghanistan NaN NaN NaN 37.2 44.0 47.6 38.3 37.8 35.7 31.3 39.8 42.2 26.6 26.9 23.8 NaN 24.4 12.8 14.5
1 Angola NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 55.9 43.6 39.4 38.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
2 Albania NaN NaN 46.3 NaN 54.9 52.7 58.7 55.1 45.5 48.1 46.1 45.1 46.4 50.0 50.0 53.6 52.5 52.1 54.5
3 UAE NaN 67.3 NaN NaN 68.7 71.0 71.2 72.2 66.2 65.4 65.7 68.3 70.4 66.0 67.1 64.6 67.3 67.4 67.3
4 Argentina NaN 63.1 60.7 59.6 64.2 64.4 67.8 64.7 65.8 66.7 67.0 64.3 60.4 57.9 60.9 59.0 59.1 62.6 63.9
country 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 ... 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
0 Aruba NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 27.5k 27.7k 29.7k 30.3k 29.6k 21.9k 27.5k 29.9k 31.2k NaN
1 Afghanistan NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 566 564 563 553 558 528 409 378 378 NaN
2 Angola NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 3210 3020 2910 2780 2660 2430 2390 2380 2330 2360
3 Albania NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 3980 4140 4280 4450 4560 4440 4880 5180 5440 5730
4 Andorra NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 38.7k 40.1k 39.4k 39.2k 39.3k 34.5k 36.9k 39.8k 40.2k 41k

5 rows × 66 columns

country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 ... 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
0 Afghanistan 0.285 0.291 0.301 0.311 0.305 0.329 0.334 0.338 0.338 ... 0.497 0.496 0.495 0.496 0.498 0.507 0.501 0.486 0.495 0.496
1 Angola NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 0.577 0.603 0.609 0.610 0.611 0.611 0.610 0.609 0.615 0.616
2 Albania 0.654 0.638 0.622 0.624 0.629 0.638 0.647 0.645 0.659 ... 0.797 0.797 0.797 0.798 0.801 0.805 0.794 0.794 0.806 0.810
3 Andorra NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 0.866 0.869 0.872 0.873 0.875 0.876 0.851 0.871 0.893 0.913
4 UAE 0.713 0.724 0.729 0.736 0.742 0.747 0.753 0.761 0.770 ... 0.853 0.857 0.861 0.884 0.901 0.915 0.909 0.903 0.921 0.940

5 rows × 35 columns

country 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 ... 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050
0 Afghanistan 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 ... 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2
1 Angola 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 ... 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0
2 Albania 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 ... 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7
3 Andorra 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 ... 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0
4 UAE 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.7 39.7 ... 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9

5 rows × 252 columns

country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
0 Afghanistan 8.0 8.0 12.0 11.0 15.0 15.0 16.0 16.0 19.0 16.0 24.0 20.0
1 Angola 22.0 23.0 19.0 15.0 18.0 19.0 19.0 26.0 27.0 29.0 33.0 33.0
2 Albania 33.0 31.0 33.0 36.0 39.0 38.0 36.0 35.0 36.0 35.0 36.0 37.0
3 UAE 68.0 69.0 70.0 70.0 66.0 71.0 70.0 71.0 71.0 69.0 67.0 68.0
4 Argentina 35.0 34.0 34.0 32.0 36.0 39.0 40.0 45.0 42.0 38.0 38.0 37.0
country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ... 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 country_code
0 Afghanistan NaN NaN NaN 37.2 44.0 47.6 38.3 37.8 35.7 ... 39.8 42.2 26.6 26.9 23.8 NaN 24.4 12.8 14.5 AFG
1 Angola NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 55.9 43.6 39.4 ... NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN AGO
2 Albania NaN NaN 46.3 NaN 54.9 52.7 58.7 55.1 45.5 ... 46.1 45.1 46.4 50.0 50.0 53.6 52.5 52.1 54.5 ALB
3 UAE NaN 67.3 NaN NaN 68.7 71.0 71.2 72.2 66.2 ... 65.7 68.3 70.4 66.0 67.1 64.6 67.3 67.4 67.3 ARE
4 Argentina NaN 63.1 60.7 59.6 64.2 64.4 67.8 64.7 65.8 ... 67.0 64.3 60.4 57.9 60.9 59.0 59.1 62.6 63.9 ARG
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
159 Vietnam NaN 52.9 54.2 54.8 53.0 53.0 57.7 55.4 50.2 ... 50.8 50.6 51.8 53.0 54.7 54.6 55.4 62.7 63.3 VNM
160 Yemen NaN NaN 44.8 NaN 48.1 43.5 37.5 40.6 42.2 ... 29.8 38.3 32.5 30.6 42.0 NaN NaN 35.9 35.3 YEM
161 South Africa NaN 50.8 52.0 53.5 52.2 46.5 49.3 51.3 36.6 ... 48.9 47.7 45.1 48.8 50.4 49.5 56.0 55.8 50.8 ZAF
162 Zambia NaN 48.2 40.0 47.3 52.6 NaN 50.0 50.1 52.4 ... 48.4 43.5 39.3 40.4 33.1 48.4 30.8 37.3 36.9 ZMB
163 Zimbabwe NaN 38.3 32.8 31.7 40.6 46.8 48.5 49.5 46.9 ... 37.0 37.4 36.4 36.2 26.9 31.6 31.6 33.0 35.7 ZWE

164 rows × 21 columns

Countries with missing ISO3 codes:
[]
country 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 ... 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 country_code
0 Aruba NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 27.7k 29.7k 30.3k 29.6k 21.9k 27.5k 29.9k 31.2k NaN ABW
1 Afghanistan NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 564 563 553 558 528 409 378 378 NaN AFG
2 Angola NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 3020 2910 2780 2660 2430 2390 2380 2330 2360 AGO
3 Albania NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 4140 4280 4450 4560 4440 4880 5180 5440 5730 ALB
4 Andorra NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 40.1k 39.4k 39.2k 39.3k 34.5k 36.9k 39.8k 40.2k 41k AND
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
205 Samoa NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 4370 4390 4320 4470 4280 3950 3710 4030 4380 WSM
206 Yemen NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 1200 1100 1080 1070 951 916 904 859 821 YEM
207 South Africa 3990 4030 4160 4330 4530 4660 4720 4910 4950 ... 6100 6130 6120 6030 5570 5760 5780 5750 5710 ZAF
208 Zambia 1190 1170 1100 1100 1200 1360 1240 1300 1270 ... 1300 1310 1320 1300 1230 1270 1300 1330 1350 ZMB
209 Zimbabwe 1140 1180 1160 1190 1140 1160 1140 1200 1180 ... 1380 1420 1470 1360 1230 1310 1370 1420 1420 ZWE

210 rows × 67 columns

Countries with missing ISO3 codes:
[]
country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 ... 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 country_code
0 Afghanistan 0.285 0.291 0.301 0.311 0.305 0.329 0.334 0.338 0.338 ... 0.496 0.495 0.496 0.498 0.507 0.501 0.486 0.495 0.496 AFG
1 Angola NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 0.603 0.609 0.610 0.611 0.611 0.610 0.609 0.615 0.616 AGO
2 Albania 0.654 0.638 0.622 0.624 0.629 0.638 0.647 0.645 0.659 ... 0.797 0.797 0.798 0.801 0.805 0.794 0.794 0.806 0.810 ALB
3 Andorra NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN ... 0.869 0.872 0.873 0.875 0.876 0.851 0.871 0.893 0.913 AND
4 UAE 0.713 0.724 0.729 0.736 0.742 0.747 0.753 0.761 0.770 ... 0.857 0.861 0.884 0.901 0.915 0.909 0.903 0.921 0.940 UAE
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
188 Samoa NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 0.655 0.663 0.665 0.669 ... 0.708 0.712 0.712 0.711 0.708 0.708 0.706 0.703 0.708 WSM
189 Yemen 0.359 0.364 0.370 0.377 0.382 0.393 0.405 0.413 0.423 ... 0.475 0.467 0.459 0.454 0.458 0.459 0.458 0.466 0.470 YEM
190 South Africa 0.633 0.641 0.645 0.650 0.654 0.654 0.649 0.642 0.634 ... 0.722 0.722 0.726 0.732 0.742 0.724 0.721 0.737 0.741 ZAF
191 Zambia 0.422 0.416 0.414 0.417 0.413 0.413 0.415 0.418 0.418 ... 0.565 0.565 0.570 0.575 0.578 0.578 0.574 0.589 0.595 ZMB
192 Zimbabwe 0.500 0.502 0.487 0.483 0.482 0.477 0.472 0.472 0.467 ... 0.567 0.570 0.575 0.586 0.584 0.582 0.581 0.594 0.598 ZWE

193 rows × 36 columns

Countries with missing ISO3 codes:
[]
country 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 ... 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 country_code
0 Afghanistan 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 ... 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 AFG
1 Angola 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 ... 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 AGO
2 Albania 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 ... 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 ALB
3 Andorra 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 ... 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 AND
4 UAE 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.7 39.7 ... 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 UAE
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
192 Samoa 40.7 40.7 40.7 40.7 40.7 40.7 40.7 40.7 40.7 ... 38.7 38.7 38.7 38.7 38.7 38.7 38.7 38.7 38.7 WSM
193 Yemen 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8 ... 37.4 37.4 37.4 37.4 37.4 37.4 37.4 37.4 37.4 YEM
194 South Africa 35.2 35.2 35.2 35.2 35.2 35.2 35.2 35.2 35.2 ... 63.9 63.9 63.9 63.9 63.9 63.9 63.9 63.9 63.9 ZAF
195 Zambia 52.1 52.1 52.1 52.1 52.1 52.1 52.1 52.1 52.1 ... 57.8 57.8 57.8 57.8 57.8 57.8 57.8 57.8 57.8 ZMB
196 Zimbabwe 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 ... 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.9 50.9 ZWE

197 rows × 253 columns

Countries with missing ISO3 codes:
[]
country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 country_code
0 Afghanistan 8.0 8.0 12.0 11.0 15.0 15.0 16.0 16.0 19.0 16.0 24.0 20.0 AFG
1 Angola 22.0 23.0 19.0 15.0 18.0 19.0 19.0 26.0 27.0 29.0 33.0 33.0 AGO
2 Albania 33.0 31.0 33.0 36.0 39.0 38.0 36.0 35.0 36.0 35.0 36.0 37.0 ALB
3 UAE 68.0 69.0 70.0 70.0 66.0 71.0 70.0 71.0 71.0 69.0 67.0 68.0 ARE
4 Argentina 35.0 34.0 34.0 32.0 36.0 39.0 40.0 45.0 42.0 38.0 38.0 37.0 ARG
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
173 Vanuatu NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 43.0 46.0 46.0 43.0 45.0 48.0 48.0 VUT
174 Yemen 23.0 18.0 19.0 18.0 14.0 16.0 14.0 15.0 15.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 YEM
175 South Africa 43.0 42.0 44.0 44.0 45.0 43.0 43.0 44.0 44.0 44.0 43.0 41.0 ZAF
176 Zambia 37.0 38.0 38.0 38.0 38.0 37.0 35.0 34.0 33.0 33.0 33.0 37.0 ZMB
177 Zimbabwe 20.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 22.0 22.0 22.0 24.0 24.0 23.0 23.0 24.0 ZWE

178 rows × 14 columns

Countries with missing ISO3 codes:
[]
country_code country happiness_2023
0 AFG Afghanistan 14.5
1 AGO Angola NaN
2 ALB Albania 54.5
3 ARE UAE 67.3
4 ARG Argentina 63.9
... ... ... ...
159 VNM Vietnam 63.3
160 YEM Yemen 35.3
161 ZAF South Africa 50.8
162 ZMB Zambia 36.9
163 ZWE Zimbabwe 35.7

164 rows × 3 columns

country_code country happiness_2023 gdp_2023
0 AFG Afghanistan 14.5 378
1 AGO Angola NaN 2330
2 ALB Albania 54.5 5440
3 ARE UAE 67.3 42.5k
4 ARG Argentina 63.9 12.9k
... ... ... ... ...
157 VNM Vietnam 63.3 3780
158 YEM Yemen 35.3 859
159 ZAF South Africa 50.8 5750
160 ZMB Zambia 36.9 1330
161 ZWE Zimbabwe 35.7 1420

162 rows × 4 columns

country_code country happiness_2023 gdp_2023 development_2023
0 AFG Afghanistan 14.5 378 0.496
1 AGO Angola NaN 2330 0.616
2 ALB Albania 54.5 5440 0.810
3 ARE UAE 67.3 42.5k 0.865
4 ARM Armenia 56.8 5200 0.811
... ... ... ... ... ...
155 VNM Vietnam 63.3 3780 0.766
156 YEM Yemen 35.3 859 0.470
157 ZAF South Africa 50.8 5750 0.741
158 ZMB Zambia 36.9 1330 0.595
159 ZWE Zimbabwe 35.7 1420 0.598

160 rows × 5 columns

country_code country happiness_2023 gdp_2023 development_2023 gini_2023
0 AFG Afghanistan 14.5 378 0.496 39.9
1 AGO Angola NaN 2330 0.616 54.3
2 ALB Albania 54.5 5440 0.810 35.4
3 ARE UAE 67.3 42.5k 0.865 45.8
4 ARM Armenia 56.8 5200 0.811 32.1
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
155 VNM Vietnam 63.3 3780 0.766 37.7
156 YEM Yemen 35.3 859 0.470 39.7
157 ZAF South Africa 50.8 5750 0.741 66.2
158 ZMB Zambia 36.9 1330 0.595 60.2
159 ZWE Zimbabwe 35.7 1420 0.598 52.9

160 rows × 6 columns

country_code country happiness_2023 gdp_2023 development_2023 gini_2023 corruption_2023
0 AFG Afghanistan 14.5 378 0.496 39.9 20.0
1 AGO Angola NaN 2330 0.616 54.3 33.0
2 ALB Albania 54.5 5440 0.810 35.4 37.0
3 ARE UAE 67.3 42.5k 0.865 45.8 68.0
4 ARM Armenia 56.8 5200 0.811 32.1 47.0
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
152 VNM Vietnam 63.3 3780 0.766 37.7 41.0
153 YEM Yemen 35.3 859 0.470 39.7 16.0
154 ZAF South Africa 50.8 5750 0.741 66.2 41.0
155 ZMB Zambia 36.9 1330 0.595 60.2 37.0
156 ZWE Zimbabwe 35.7 1420 0.598 52.9 24.0

157 rows × 7 columns

country_code country happiness_2023 gdp_2023 development_2023 gini_2023 corruption_2023
0 AFG Afghanistan 14.5 378.0 0.496 39.9 20.0
1 AGO Angola NaN 2330.0 0.616 54.3 33.0
2 ALB Albania 54.5 5440.0 0.810 35.4 37.0
3 ARE UAE 67.3 42500.0 0.865 45.8 68.0
4 ARM Armenia 56.8 5200.0 0.811 32.1 47.0
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
152 VNM Vietnam 63.3 3780.0 0.766 37.7 41.0
153 YEM Yemen 35.3 859.0 0.470 39.7 16.0
154 ZAF South Africa 50.8 5750.0 0.741 66.2 41.0
155 ZMB Zambia 36.9 1330.0 0.595 60.2 37.0
156 ZWE Zimbabwe 35.7 1420.0 0.598 52.9 24.0

157 rows × 7 columns

country_code country happiness_2023 gdp_2023 development_2023 gini_2023 corruption_2023
0 AFG Afghanistan 14.5 378.0 0.496 39.9 20.0
1 AGO Angola NaN 2330.0 0.616 54.3 33.0
2 ALB Albania 54.5 5440.0 0.810 35.4 37.0
3 ARE UAE 67.3 42500.0 0.865 45.8 68.0
4 ARM Armenia 56.8 5200.0 0.811 32.1 47.0
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
152 VNM Vietnam 63.3 3780.0 0.766 37.7 41.0
153 YEM Yemen 35.3 859.0 0.470 39.7 16.0
154 ZAF South Africa 50.8 5750.0 0.741 66.2 41.0
155 ZMB Zambia 36.9 1330.0 0.595 60.2 37.0
156 ZWE Zimbabwe 35.7 1420.0 0.598 52.9 24.0

157 rows × 7 columns

country_code country happiness_2023 gdp_2023 development_2023 gini_2023 corruption_2023
0 AFG Afghanistan 14.5 378.0 0.496 39.9 20.0
1 AGO Angola NaN 2330.0 0.616 54.3 33.0
2 ALB Albania 54.5 5440.0 0.810 35.4 37.0
3 ARE UAE 67.3 42500.0 0.865 45.8 68.0
4 ARM Armenia 56.8 5200.0 0.811 32.1 47.0
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
152 VNM Vietnam 63.3 3780.0 0.766 37.7 41.0
153 YEM Yemen 35.3 859.0 0.470 39.7 16.0
154 ZAF South Africa 50.8 5750.0 0.741 66.2 41.0
155 ZMB Zambia 36.9 1330.0 0.595 60.2 37.0
156 ZWE Zimbabwe 35.7 1420.0 0.598 52.9 24.0

157 rows × 7 columns

country_code country happiness_2023 gdp_2023 development_2023 gini_2023 corruption_2023
0 AFG Afghanistan 14.5 378.0 0.496 39.9 20.0
2 ALB Albania 54.5 5440.0 0.810 35.4 37.0
3 ARE UAE 67.3 42500.0 0.865 45.8 68.0
4 ARM Armenia 56.8 5200.0 0.811 32.1 47.0
5 AUS Australia 70.3 61600.0 0.958 34.4 75.0
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
152 VNM Vietnam 63.3 3780.0 0.766 37.7 41.0
153 YEM Yemen 35.3 859.0 0.470 39.7 16.0
154 ZAF South Africa 50.8 5750.0 0.741 66.2 41.0
155 ZMB Zambia 36.9 1330.0 0.595 60.2 37.0
156 ZWE Zimbabwe 35.7 1420.0 0.598 52.9 24.0

133 rows × 7 columns

country_code country happiness_2023 gdp_2023 development_2023 gini_2023 corruption_2023
46 FIN Finland 77.0 45400.0 0.948 27.3 87.0
66 ISL Iceland 75.6 59300.0 0.972 26.1 72.0
38 DNK Denmark 75.0 61300.0 0.962 30.4 90.0
32 CRI Costa Rica 73.8 14300.0 0.833 50.5 55.0
107 NLD Netherlands 72.5 51300.0 0.955 30.5 79.0
127 SLE Sierra Leone 34.7 1110.0 0.467 38.3 35.0
28 COD Congo, Dem. Rep. 33.8 538.0 0.522 46.6 20.0
20 BWA Botswana 33.3 7270.0 0.731 55.0 59.0
101 MWI Malawi 32.7 557.0 0.517 47.7 34.0
0 AFG Afghanistan 14.5 378.0 0.496 39.9 20.0